September 2023
August 2023
- 30: Going Green with Gamified Learning: Advancing Sustainability through Interactive Learning
- 23: Going to Hell and Back again: Good Omens
- 09: Behind the Scenes with Tom Hanks
July 2023
June 2023
- 28: The Emotional Men of The Flash (2014–2023)
- 21: No Story, No Life
- 14: Jury Duty’s Ronald Gladden or How to Accidentally Become a Star
- 07: Oktoberfest Beer and Blood Serves Up German Debauchery in Six Episodes
May 2023
- 31: From the Lifeless Pages of History Books to the Big Screen: Chinonye Chukwu’s Till (2022)
- 24: The Environmental Impact of Filmmaking
- 17: An A‑May-zing Month for Animals
- 10: Recognizing a Freak: An Atheist Reads Flannery O’Connor
- 03: Found in Translation
April 2023
- 26: Thank You for Your Attention: Of the Unending Struggle with Digital Distractions
- 19: Historical Dreams and Dreaming History – From Virginia to Lüneburg
- 12: Public Transportation: Not Just a Berlin Problem
March 2023
- 29: Studying With Limited Freedom of Speech: My Semester in Hong Kong
- 15: Winter Sports — At What Cost?
- 01: German Distance, American Naivety
February 2023
- 14: Valentine’s Day – A Marketing Scam or a Day Filled with Love?
- 01: Feeding Feathered Friends in February – National Bird-Feeding Month
January 2023
- 25: Sit, Drink, Eat, Repeat
- 18: We Own the Majority: Mayans M.C. Brings Drama, Representation, and Larger-Than-Life Grit
- 11: Travelogues
December 2022
- 28: A Nude Dance
- 18: Happy Hanukkah 2022!
- 14: What Does the Fox Say? A Simple Tale with a Plethora of Possibilities
- 07: Six Tips for Perfect Presents – And They’re Sustainable!
November 2022
- 30: “My Name” – Vignettes about You
- 23: Put On Your Mourning Clothes, it’s Black Friday
- 16: America and the Holocaust
- 09: Native American History Month and Hostile Climates
- 02: The Big Bang Blog: The Toxic Relationship Comedy
October 2022
- 26: Special Events You Won’t Want to Miss
- 19: A Story Beyond Words: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- 05: Nuclear Power and the Road to Ecomodernism
September 2022
- 28: Having Fun with Language on German American Day 2022
- 14: When in Doubt, Ask a Native Author! The Winnetou Debate
August 2022
- 31: Going against the Grain: Declaring My Love for Cars 2
- 17: Childhood Memories
- 03: Iron Curtain, Please
July 2022
June 2022
- 29: Rescue, Marry, Happy Ever After – The Asexual Fantasy Novel Royal Rescue
- 22: Breaking New Ground: Liberating Lomie by Saloma Miller Furlong
- 15: Accidental New Horizons at the North American University in the Heart of Europe
- 08: Calm as the Ocean
- 01: Getting Germany Back on Track
May 2022
- 25: An Ode to Berlin – and to my Grandma
- 18: 50 Minutes That Make a Name
- 11: All the Stories That We (Were) Told
- 04: Homeschooling and the Pandemic
April 2022
- 27: How to Break a Bookworm’s Heart
- 20: A World Where Science and Indigenous Wisdom Collide: Some Food for Thought on Earth Day
- 13: The Mesmerizing and Alienating Experience Called Mulholland Drive
- 06: Taking Peace for Granted
March 2022
- 30: The ‘Woke’ Cinderella Recipe: A Dash of Queerness, a Pinch of Feminism, and a Sprinkling of Fairy Dust
- 16: News Deserts and the Challenge to Democracy
- 02: Teaching Native North America: A Continuing Challenge
February 2022
- 16: The Category Is … Making Golden Globe History
- 02: Setting the Stage for Black History Month
January 2022
- 26: Hate Country Music … Why?
- 19: Free Verse Poetry or “how to play with unseen rackets”
- 12: Cancel Field Trips, Cancel Forest Rangers: The Every by Dave Eggers (2021)
December 2021
- 30: A Nude Dance
- 26: Divided Country, Divided Family
- 25: Santa vs. God – The Final Round
- 24: Conifer Wood Makes You Feel Good — Christmas Trees in Germany and the U.S.
- 23: How to Survive Christmas If You’re a Grinch
- 22: If You Hate Christmas, It’s Because You’re Green … or maybe Blue!
- 21: The Ups and Downs of Christmas: How Students Feel about the Season
- 15: Clicks for the Future: Alternative Search Engines Help Students Surf the Web Sustainably
- 08: Role Models: Can Quotas Help Get More Women into Leadership?
- 01: Start Spreading the News: A Cross-Cultural Virtual Newsroom
November 2021
- 24: Thanksgiving or I’d Rather Not Be Invited
- 17: 11 Years of “Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes” at Leuphana University Lüneburg
- 10: Numbers That Make You Think: Public Opinion of the United States is on the Rise
- 03: In Memoriam Bobbie Kirkhart
October 2021
- 27: A Government of, by, and for the people?
- 20: Independent Nonprofit, Noncorporate, Noncommercial Global News: Democracy Now! Celebrates 25 Years on the Air
- 06: The Texas Heartbeat Bill: Roe vs. Wade under Attack
September 2021
- 24: Two Albums, a 30th Anniversary, and Some 300 Words of Applause
- 15: Grammarly Premium Also Works for Advanced EFL Students: Reflections on a Pilot Project at Leuphana
- 01: One of the Darkest Days in American History: 11’09”01 (2002)
August 2021
July 2021
- 28: Re-re-recount (and counting)
- 14: The Reviews Are In: Babylon Berlin Sets the Scene for Unusually Visionary Television, Intercontinentally
June 2021
- 30: We Sing America
- 23: Happy Pride Month!
- 16: On Bloomsday, Dublin Comes to Many U.S. Cities or ‘Milly Bloom Also Has a Few Words to Say’
- 09: Call Him by His Name: Rapper Lil Nas X Marks the Spot Where Viral Becomes Substantial
- 02: A Human or Non-Human Companion? The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
May 2021
- 26: Happy Belated Birthday, Bob Dylan!
- 19: Harriet Tubman and the 20-Dollar Bill Controversy
- 12: Collaborative Writing – The Final Frontier
- 05: Chicana/o Quiz
April 2021
- 28: Hemingway
- 21: Little Girl
- 14: Loving pro Virginia: A Films’ Powerfully Poignant Depiction of a Family’s Longing for Home
March 2021
- 31: 505 Hours and 45 Minutes of Comfort in Times of Uncertainty
- 17: Meet Doug Emhoff – The First Second Gentleman
- 03: My Girls, Our Girls, and the Women Before Us
February 2021
January 2021
- 20: Mundo Overloadus
- 13: The Stick Jar: One Tool – Many Uses
- 06: Storytelling: Of Geniuses and Maps
December 2020
- 30: ISSN for the American Studies Blog
- 29: ASJ Number 70 (2020) is out now!
- 16: A Holiday Survival Guide
- 09: A Project Seminar in Times of Covid-19
- 02: An Homage to Diversity: Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth (1991)
November 2020
- 25: Letters to a Young Writer – Some Practical and Philosophical Advice for Newcomers to the Trade
- 18: Hiding in Plain Sight: Legacies of Colonization in New England and the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower
- 17: Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes
- 11: “My Goal Would Be To Go Out of Business and Go Back to the Classroom”: An Interview with Nancy Dome
- 02: The Ultimate Election Forecast: More than 5,000 Pollsters Agree – The Next President of the U.S. is ….
October 2020
- 28: ASJ Number 69 (2020) is out now!
- 21: A New Millennium?
- 06: More Than Just a Blurred Ethnic Identity: Teaching German American Day
September 2020
- 23: Ira Wagler’s Serial Memoir Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father
- 09: Politics and Religion in a Secular State
August 2020
- 26: In a trying political climate, look not towards what divides, but what unites Germany and the U.S.: Journalistic Excellence
- 12: The Mandalorian
July 2020
- 29: The Long March to Justice
- 15: “Writing is how I process things”: An Interview with Miriam Toews
- 01: How well do you know the United States and Canada? A Quiz
June 2020
- 24: 2020 Haiku Contest
- 17: Digital Age Ruminations: The U.S. Humanities and Employability Concerns
- 10: A Call for 60s-Style Teach-ins on Anti-Racism
- 03: So much to stream, so little time? Netflix has a solution.
May 2020
- 27: A Changing Mindset: Teaching “A Mown Lawn” by Lydia Davis
- 20: Can Artists Save Us?
- 13: Remote Learning with American Studies
- 08: May 8 – Celebrating the End of World War II as a German
April 2020
- 29: Keep calm and follow the news
- 22: Unusual Friendships: Interspecies Relationships
- 15: Human-Animal Studies – The ASB Editors’ Favorite Picks (Part II)
- 08: Digital American Studies – The ASB Editors’ Favorite Picks (Part I)
- 01: “Do they have traffic lights in Ireland?”
March 2020
- 18: “By the Sword We Seek Peace”: The 1620 Massachusetts State Flag and Legacies in 2020
- 08: Sacrifice, Suffrage, and the Struggle for ERA: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020
February 2020
- 26: A Gift that Keeps Giving: The American Memorial Library in Berlin
- 12: Dreams Have No Borders: The 8th Indianer/Inuit North American Film Festival
January 2020
- 29: Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- 15: Teaching Human-Animal Studies: An Interdisciplinary Symposium
- 08: Blue Valentine : Endings, Beginnings, and Nothing in Between
December 2019
- 18: On European Audiences, Workshopping, and His Novel, The Altruists: An Interview with Andrew Ridker
- 11: The Ultimate Christmas Movie Playlist
- 04: Forget What the History Books Say: How David Hasselhoff Broke Down the Berlin Wall
November 2019
- 27: Thanksgiving and the Ambiguity of Memory
- 20: ASB 2019 Contest Winner in the Category “Best Books & Fabulous Films”
- 13: Personal Recollections: The Fall of the Wall Part Two
- 06: Personal Recollections: The Fall of the Wall
October 2019
- 30: Remembering the Fall of the Wall
- 23: ASB 2019 Contest Winner in the Category “Access America”
- 16: Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes
- 09: It’s Campaign Season – So “Keep the Ball Rolling”!
September 2019
- 25: German American Day – Celebrate 336 Years of German American History
- 11: The Allied Museum
August 2019
July 2019
- 31: The American Dream Reconsidered: The Outsiders (1967)
- 15: Apollo 11 – An Alternate Universe
June 2019
- 26: Banking Amish-Style
- 19: “Memories of Government Springs Park”
- 12: Doom and Decision – The 75th D‑Day Anniversary 2019
- 05: Introduction to Literature: Robert Coover’s “A Sudden Story”
May 2019
- 22: American Studies Blog Contest
- 08: The Berlin Blockade
- 01: Brevity is the Soul of Wit: Whipping up a Flash Fiction Collection
April 2019
- 24: Teaching the Next Generation – A German Saturday School in the U.S.
- 17: Every Story Tells a Picture or How to Vignette
- 10: We Need a Break or We’ll Break or Why to Vignette
- 03: Findians: A Journey to Distant Cousins
March 2019
- 20: An Interview with Award-Winning Author Jayne Anne Phillips
- 06: Improving Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
February 2019
- 28: Thoughts of a Digital Alternative
- 20: Beyoncé and Jay‑Z at the Louvre: A Timely Reminder of Art Museums’ Racist Past
- 13: “My only sin is in my skin. What did I do to be so black and blue?”
January 2019
- 30: Adventure Time – Not Just for Children
- 23: Arnold Krupat, Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding-School Literature
- 09: So, You Wanna Be a Writer?!? Beginnings, Endings, and Everything in Between – An Interview with Drew Hayden Taylor
December 2018
- 26: Elsewhere: From Interview to Podcast
- 12: Christmas Traditions in the U.S.
- 05: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
November 2018
- 28: Music to Last a Lifetime: The Reissue of The White Album
- 21: Two Sides to Every Story – The Affair (2014–19)
- 14: Democracy American Style
October 2018
- 31: Drew Hayden Taylor at Leuphana
- 24: In a World Created by an Indigenous God: A Native Writer’s Take on Karl May’s Winnetou
- 17: Aretha Franklin: Freedom, Respect, and the Moral Universe
- 03: BlacKkKlansman: A Much Too American Story
September 2018
- 19: What’s your story? In two sentences or less…
- 05: National Comedy Center – It’s on THE Map!
August 2018
- 09: Outhouse Races, Chocolate-Covered Deep Fried Cheesecake, and the Butter What? Nothing Compares to the Iowa State Fair
- 01: “When you spot your flower, you can’t let anything get in your way”: Adaptation (2002)
July 2018
- 18: Connect-the-Cards: Making Academia Exciting while Fostering Critical Thinking Skills and Meaningful Conversation
- 04: 1550 San Remo Drive
June 2018
- 27: “No, It’s Not Sissy Ball” – In Defense of Soccer
- 20: Improv Workshop with Kieron Freigang: The Storytelling Circle
- 13: Living by the Watch: Stranger Than Fiction
- 06: “How many years can a mountain exist?” Bob Dylan and the Civil Rights Movement
May 2018
- 30: The “Deep Story” of the White American South, or Strangers in Their Own Land (2016) by Arlie Russell Hochschild (Part II)
- 23: The ‘Deep Story’ of the White American South, or Strangers in Their Own Land (2016) by Arlie Russell Hochschild (Part I)
- 16: The Many Worlds of Rick and Morty
- 09: Why You Should Read Gerald Vizenor’s Upcoming Novel Native Tributes
- 02: Erich Mühsam and the Berlin Idea Factory
April 2018
- 25: When the News Was True: The Post
- 18: An Earth-Day-and-World-Book-Day Bloem
- 04: “Who’s Afraid of a Shower Curtain?” How Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho Changed the Movie Industry and our Bathroom Habits
March 2018
February 2018
- 21: Hidden Figures: A Highly Entertaining Film that Means Well but Doesn’t Quite Add Up
- 07: How the “Ping” Was Heard Round the World
January 2018
- 31: English Lesson 2.0
- 24: Archie Reloaded – Riverdale
- 17: Under Dark Skies: A Review Essay
- 10: Star Wars – The Last Jedi: No Light without Darkness?
December 2017
- 26: A New Public Hanging? Sam Durant’s Scaffold
- 20: The Most Romantic Night of the Year?
- 13: The Pursuit of (Un)happiness
- 06: Tweet Me a Story:
Twiction – The Perfect Stocking Stuffer
November 2017
- 29: From Comma-kazi to Comma-Sutra: Or You Too Can Learn to Love Commas
- 22: Topping off Thanksgiving Traditions: Turkey with Cranberry Sauce
- 15: American Hustle
- 08: Love no more? Catalonia and Spain
- 01: Sexual Harassment in the 21st Century – Really?
October 2017
- 25: Escaping Fundamentalism: An Interview with Charlene L. Edge (Part II)
- 18: Escaping Fundamentalism: An Interview with Charlene L. Edge (Part I)
- 04: Beatriz at Dinner: Comedy, Tragedy, Portrait?
September 2017
August 2017
- 23: Look Homeward, Amish Son: Ira Wagler’s Journey between Amish and “English” Worlds
- 09: Safety First!
July 2017
June 2017
- 28: Watch and Write! Writing the TV Drama Series
- 21: Lessons not Learned
- 14: Transgenerational Transmission of Holocaust Memories and Survival: An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Ethan Bensinger (Part II)
- 07: Transgenerational Transmission of Holocaust Memories and Survival: An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Ethan Bensinger (Part I)
May 2017
- 30: Clap & Freeze: A Recipe for Instant Drama
- 24: AWP: In Love with Words, at a Loss for Words
- 17: Hiking in the Anthropocene
- 10: Literature Circles Rock!
- 03: A New National Holiday – A Riddle
April 2017
- 26: School Ties
- 19: Writing Life: From Theory to Practice
- 12: White Robes, Silver Screens: An Interview with Tom Rice (Part 2)
- 04: White Robes, Silver Screens: An Interview with Tom Rice
March 2017
- 29: Do you really want to live Forever?
- 15: The Arrival of the Aliens
- 01: Don Don’t Take No Mess: Don Cornelius and His Very Own Soul Train Mission
February 2017
- 15: Voting Rights: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- 01: From Ronald to Donald: The Inaugural Speeches of Reagan and Trump
January 2017
- 25: Eye of the Storm
- 18: Salvage
- 11: The ‘D’ Word
December 2016
- 26: Reconciliation with the Dakota Sioux in Mankato
- 14: Reindeer Games (2000): A Review
- 07: How to Haiku Part Two
November 2016
- 30: How to Haiku
- 23: Getting to Know You
- 16: The Road
- 09: Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir: A Review
- 02: Laughing about Melissa McCarthy – Thoughts of a Conflicted Fan
October 2016
- 26: To Boldly Go
- 12: Walking on Cape Cod
September 2016
- 28: Adding Color to White Marble: The National Museum of African American History and Culture
August 2016
- 31: Following Convention (or Political Mathematics)
- 17: Eyes Open – Eyes Closed
- 03: The Last Tycoon: The Golden Age of Hitler’s Hollywood
July 2016
June 2016
- 29: This is a (M)ad Men’s World
- 24: New World vs. Old World Flipped
- 15: Art meets Life: An Interview with Ex-Amish Author Saloma Miller Furlong – Part II
- 08: Art meets Life: An Interview with Ex-Amish Author Saloma Miller Furlong
- 01: Dust
May 2016
- 25: “In the Hands of Babes”
- 18: Grave New World: The Man in the High Castle
- 11: Live Long and Make Bannock
- 04: Nothing New on the Western Frontier
April 2016
- 27: Many are Called …
- 20: Inquisitive Minds Want to Know: A Mixed Bag of Questions for Ira Wagler – Part II
- 13: Inquisitive Minds Want to Know: A Mixed Bag of Questions for Ira Wagler – Part I
- 06: Welche language habla twój voisin?
March 2016
- 23: Damsels Causing Distress
- 09: Gone Girl
February 2016
- 24: Celebrating African American History Month with Claytee White
- 10: The Oscars – Not in Color This Year
January 2016
- 20: Midnight in Paris: Somewhen, Somewhere, Someway
- 13: The U.S.A. – A Country You Think You Know But Just Might Not
- 06: “Art comes out of desire in the face of indifference”: An Interview with lê thi diem thúy
December 2015
- 09: What German Students Taught an American Author
- 02: Reversing the Gaze
– Injun Joe Meets Esperanza
November 2015
- 25: “Music is the axe for the
frozen sea within us” - 18: Opting Out of a Test and into a Movement
- 04: We’ve Got Steampunk
October 2015
- 28: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Must Not Fail
- 14: Nature’s Craft: The Aesthetics and Design of The Great Camps of the Adirondacks
September 2015
- 30: Linking Teacher Training and New Media: The Teaching America Project Revisited
- 16: An Encounter at Canyon de Chelly
- 02: If it’s Tuesday, it Must be Cold War Again
August 2015
- 19: The Son-in-Law
July 2015
- 29: Like Father, Like Son
- 22: The Confederate Flag Controversy
- 15: The “It’s Not What You Might Think” Blog—Part II
- 08: The “It’s Not What You Might Think” Blog—Part I
- 01: The Chameleon: W. C. Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow”
June 2015
- 17: GOP Candidates Go Double Digits –
A Problem or a Blessing in Disguise? - 10: The Woman in the Pants Suit
- 03: Where are they going? Where have they been? – The Plain People
May 2015
- 27: Wandering Home:
Folk, Americana, and Inside Llewyn Davis - 20: Cheerleading – More Than Pom-Poms and a Big Smile?
- 13: Hi, my name is Wolfram and I am a
Dropbox user.
April 2015
- 29: From Spring Fever Ad Nauseam to Columbus Day
- 15: Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home
- 08: Mother Love
- 01: The Window as Mirror
March 2015
- 17: Going Green in the U.S.? Yes!
- 11: God at the Bank
- 08: “My feets is tired, but my soul is rested” — A Meditation on International Women’s Day
- 04: Wild
February 2015
- 25: A Reading with Teju Cole
- 18: The Butler
- 11: RAGBRAI: Take the Ride of Your Life
- 03: Couch Conversations with William H. New — An Impromptu Interview
January 2015
- 28: Is Serial Over? A New Phenomenon on Public Radio
- 26: A Supporting Role for Tom Hanks and Community Colleges
- 21: Apples Having a Ball
- 14: Marketing and Performing History
- 07: Don Quixote Saving America
December 2014
- 29: Expatriate Life through the Lens of a Third Culture Kid: Home Leave by Brittani Sonnenberg
- 17: Various Varieties: How to Teach English Accents
- 10: The Chat(ter) Box Interview with Drew Hayden Taylor
- 03: 12 Years a Slave
November 2014
- 25: Marijuana in America: Election Night at the Pot Shop
- 19: Lonely
- 12: Of Conceptual Haunts and Tacit Assumptions:
A Current Take on Multiculturalism - 07: Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Nation, Arizona
- 06: U.S. Election Day Results
- 05: B.Y.O.B. – Bring Your Own Bag
October 2014
- 30: An Early Halloween Treat — Patricia Briggs at Leuphana
- 27: Tricks or Treats – Halloween Goes German
- 24: The Fault in Our Stars
- 22: The U.S. Election Project
- 15: A Study Trip to Las Vegas?
Yes, a Study Trip! - 08: A Night in Berlin with Michael Lederer
- 01: A Game of Thrones: Heroes Wanted
September 2014
- 24: Number 13: Unbraiding the Short Story
- 15: Shooting for the Stars: Creativity and Competition in the English Classroom
- 15: Creative Writing Contest for Non-Native Speakers
- 15: Only Lovers Left Alive – A Stroll Down Eternal Lovers’ Lane
- 15: Obama’s Clean Air Act
- 15: How Do Americans Really Talk?
- 10: New Kids on the Blog